Alaska's Exports Values Drop: A Primer for Palin on the Baltics (Continued)

The top export is seafood. Last year the state exported $1.8 billion in seafood, down 9 percent. Europe is a growing market for Alaska seafood. Ten years ago Europe got less than 5 percent of the exports. Last year it got about 25 percent, the state said.

To fill the void, Palin should seriously send an invite to the leaders of the Baltics and work on trade. As I said before, Riga is centralized to the Baltics and has infrastructure to accommodate the trade.

Seafood and one industry in Alaska that could grow with trade with the Baltics is the good ole' brewing business.